Born in 1998 and based out of the Chicagoland area, Nick Renkosik is a nationally acclaimed young organist that has performed at such venues as Sanfilippo’s Place De La Musique in Barrington Hills, IL; the Oriental and Riverside Theatres in Milwaukee, WI; the Coronado Theatre in Rockford, IL; Allen Organs of Chicago in Bolingbrook, IL; the Rialto Theatre in Joliet, IL; the Tampa Theatre in Tampa, FL; the Fox Theatre in St. Louis, MO; the Nethercutt Collection in Sylmar, CA; Orchestra Hall in Chicago, IL, and Church of the Gesu in Milwaukee, WI.
Nick also competed in the 2017 American Theatre Organ Society’s Young Organist’s Competition in Tampa, FL, and was placed as a runner up.
When he is not performing in a solo setting, Nick is an organist/accompanist on staff at several churches in Northern Illinois and is an organ restoration technician for JL Weiler, Inc. in Chicago, Illinois. He has also appeared as a guest organist at the Oriental Theatre in Milwaukee, WI, for the annual Milwaukee Film Festival.
Nick studied instrumental performance at Carthage College in Kenosha, WI, where he pursued a major in classical organ performance and a minor in classical piano performance. He was a student in the studios of Mr. Christopher Berry (organ) and Dr. Wael Farouk (piano).